FREQUENCY OF OVERWEIGHT & OBESITY AMONG NURSES AT DHQ HOSPITAL CHINIOT

Abstract

Background: There is a high rate of obesity and overweight among healthcare department in Pakistan. Due to lack of information and knowledge about the prevalence of overweight and obesity available in Pakistan it is difficult to compare figures about it. Objective: To find the frequency overweight and obesity's among nurses Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: DHQ Hospital Chiniot. Period: Aug 2017 to Dec 2017. Material and Method: This research was quantitative & cross sectional; a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data and SPSS 21.0 was used to analyze the data. The sample size was 50 nurses at DHQ Hospital Chiniot. Results: This study found a considerably high prevalence of overweight and obesity amongst nurses working in District Head Quarter Hospital, Chiniot. The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 64.0% (N=32) and 16.0% (N=8) respectively, with a mean BMI of 28.43 kg/m². Thus the predominant pattern of malnutrition in nurses in this study was found to be one of overweight and obesity. The overweight and obesity prevalence found in this study was higher than that of the general Pakistani adult population but similar to that of the economically active Pakistani population. Conclusion: There was higher level of overweight and obesity found among nurses.